TY  - JOUR
JF  - Pertanika Journal of Social Sciences and Humanities
VL  - 23
N2  - The purpose of this study is to investigate how learners perceive pronunciation and its importance in spoken English. The motivation for the study is the increasing unpopularity of the aspect of pronunciation in the ESL context which has caused lack of measures in improving learners' pronunciation skill despite being quite a concern among professionals in job environments that demands intelligible spoken English. The study specifically looked into the dimensions of students' perceptions towards accurate English pronunciation. The study employed survey questionnaires as data collection tool and the data were analysed statistically using SPSS and factor analysis. Based on the findings, four dimensions emerged in their perception for the importance of correct pronunciation in spoken English: 1) their awareness towards the importance of correct pronunciation; 2) concern on its accuracy; 3) level of achievement on their performance; and 4) the affinity for the effort to improve their English pronunciation in general. Overall, the findings suggested that the respondents have clear understanding of the concern for correct pronunciation in spoken English. © Universiti Putra Malaysia Press.
AV  - none
EP  - 158
PB  - Universiti Putra Malaysia
UR  - https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-84958241678&partnerID=40&md5=dc1497e292b33e4660312fc710d5f5ce
Y1  - 2015///
A1  - Bakar, Z.A.
A1  - Abdullah, M.R.T.L.
ID  - scholars5810
SN  - 01287702
TI  - Importance of correct pronunciation in spoken english: Dimension of second language learners' perspective
IS  - August
SP  - 143
N1  - cited By 3
ER  -